WEARING THE CLOAK Tomo 10 "DRESSING THE SOLDIER IN ROMAN TIMES"

NOSCH , MARIE-LOUISE B.

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ISBN:978-1-84217-437-1
EAN:9781842174371
Editorial: OXBOW BOOKS
Fecha de la edición:2011
Número de la edición: 1
Colección: ANCIENT TEXTILES nº 10
Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:144
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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE CLASICO: GRECIA Y ROMA

Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level. Hear the sounds of the Roman soldiers' clacking belts and get a view on their purchase orders with Egyptian weavers. Could armour be built of linen? Who had access to what kinds of prestigious equipment? And what garments and weapons were deposited in bogs at the edge of the Roman Empire? The authors draw upon multiple sources such as original textual and scriptural evidence, ancient works of art and iconography and archaeological records and finds. The chapters cover - as did the Roman army - a large geographical span: Egypt, the Levant, the Etruscan heartland and Northern Europe. Status, prestige and access are viewed in the light of financial and social capacities and help shed new light on the material realities of a soldier's life in the Roman world.